New state spaces in Canada: Metropolitanization in Montreal and Toronto compared

Urban Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-53

  Boudreau, Julie Anne ^a   Hamel, Pierre ^b   Jouve, Bernard ^c   Keil, Roger ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Graduate School for Public Works   (France)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Comparative urban studies; Montreal; New state spaces; Toronto

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 34247186772     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.28.1.30     Document Type: Article

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